Author Katrina Kenison reads from her latest book The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother’s Memoir in this YouTube video.

As parents, we may feel that the tension between us and our teenage children is unique, despite the fact that our friends may relate virtually identical stories with respect to their children. » Read the rest of the entry..

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I have posted the text for Elbert Hubbard’s “A Message to Garcia” on my Squidoo page. I posted an introductory comment on this brief text in an earlier post. » Read the rest of the entry..

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About twenty years ago or so, I attended a motivational seminar by Jim Rohn. I remember him as being filled with wisdom, coupled with a delivery loaded with single line Gems of Wisdom. His seminar has remained in my memory to this date.

I enjoyed his presentation so much, I subsequently purchased his packaged set entitled “The Art of Exceptional Living” from Nightingale-Conant. » Read the rest of the entry..

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Many universities provide a forum for invited professors to present a “Last Lecture”. The idea is that if they only had one Last Lecture to present, what message would they like to present to their audeince. Randy Pausch presented a wonderful “Last Lecture” on September 18, 2007 (see below). » Read the rest of the entry..

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I MADE MY MIND MOVIE!

It is not as polished, nor as professional as Alexandra Cattoni’s or this example
, however, it is mine. » Read the rest of the entry..

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I just came across Alexandra Cattoni’s Mind Movie. This is an inspired idea and it should not be that difficult to make one for yourself. I am going to make one for myself, that is a certainty. » Read the rest of the entry..

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Elbert Hubbard’s “A Message to Garcia” has recently been posted to the Integrated Success Program web-site.  Although it is a short work (our version totals only 9 pages), it captures a very strong and surprisingly pertinent message! » Read the rest of the entry..

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